Re: Safari on a Mac

2021-02-15 Thread Herbie Allen
Go to Safari preferences, privacy, and you will see a button for website data. Clearing history is not the same as clearing cookies. History is your local data, cookies are bits of data the site stores on your machine. > On Feb 15, 2021, at 15:14, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > how do I clear my cac

Re: Re: Siri’s latest

2021-02-15 Thread Karen Lewellen
ah, there is the clarification. an earful indeed then. Karen On Mon, 15 Feb 2021, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: When you set up a new device, you are prompted to either send or not send Siri recordings to Apple. I actually send mine to Apple, because I hope that they will help Si

Re: Siri’s latest

2021-02-15 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
When you set up a new device, you are prompted to either send or not send Siri recordings to Apple. I actually send mine to Apple, because I hope that they will help Siri to become better. But you do have the option to opt out. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 15, 2021, at 4:20 PM, Ka

Re: Re: Siri’s latest

2021-02-15 Thread Karen Lewellen
I actually understood that apple stopped doing that for everyone, only using individuals they tell in advance? Seem to recall learning this here. On Mon, 15 Feb 2021, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Well, then Apple's got an earful from me! lol Donna On Feb 15, 2021, at 2:14 PM

Re: Siri’s latest

2021-02-15 Thread John Panarese
No trouble at all with my homePod. I have loved it since I got it. I would guess it was probably a specific network issue. Mine never has trouble with that. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheb

Re: Siri’s latest

2021-02-15 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
That’s interesting. I’ve never had any trouble with the HomePod connecting. It’s just a Siri thing. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 15, 2021, at 3:45 PM, 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I gave up with the Home Pod Mini in the end as it didn’t like my connection

Re: IOS 14.4 a serious piece of garbage?

2021-02-15 Thread 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
I had all that problem as described by Dona on my Home Pod mini and I was glad when I got rid of it as Apple can’t just make good smart speakers if the assistant can’t do lots of stuff. > On 15 Feb 2021, at 14:14, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Yeah, I would say she doesn’t al

Re: Siri’s latest

2021-02-15 Thread 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
I gave up with the Home Pod Mini in the end as it didn’t like my connection and it would always have trouble connecting. So I sold it. I’ll never buy another so I use the Echo Show not for much but for radio and at times the Show and Tell but it’s not good yet. Kawal. > On 15 Feb 2021, at 20

Safari on a Mac

2021-02-15 Thread Lorie McCloud
how do I clear my cache in Safari on my Mac? is it the same as clearing history? thanks. Lorie -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is in

Re: Siri’s latest

2021-02-15 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Well, then Apple's got an earful from me! lol Donna > On Feb 15, 2021, at 2:14 PM, tim m wrote: > > She does throw temper tamptruns. You make her mad and she won't answer at all > untill forced. > > You do know everything you say to her and that she says is logged at apple. > > > On 2/15/20

Re: Siri’s latest

2021-02-15 Thread tim m
She does throw temper tamptruns. You make her mad and she won't answer at all untill forced. You do know everything you say to her and that she says is logged at apple. On 2/15/2021 10:36 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: That's hysterical! Cheers, Donna On Feb 15, 2021, at 9:36

YouTube video & extra info accessibility

2021-02-15 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
Hi, I’m watching videos on YouTube which are actually language lessons. The teachers says she’s placed a transcript in the description box of the video but i can’t find it with Voiceover. Is this normally doable? I could access the transcript on my Windows machine but not on the mac. Andrew

Re: podcasts on Mac

2021-02-15 Thread Brad Snyder
No, I think it's been doing it for a while. Can't say for sure how long because I hate the stock podcast app, and, I never do podcasts on my Mac. - Brad - On Feb 15, 2021, at 09:09, Dave Carlson wrote: Brad, I presume that this cross-platform synch of apps is related to Catalina or Big Sur?

Re: Siri’s latest

2021-02-15 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
That's hysterical! Cheers, Donna > On Feb 15, 2021, at 9:36 AM, Herbie Allen wrote: > > That’s nothing. A few weeks ago I asked her on my Apple Watch to begin indoor > walk. What I got displayed on the screen was “F*** I can’t help you” Now, was > she cursing at me or was this a misunderstand

Re: Siri’s latest

2021-02-15 Thread Herbie Allen
That’s nothing. A few weeks ago I asked her on my Apple Watch to begin indoor walk. What I got displayed on the screen was “F*** I can’t help you” Now, was she cursing at me or was this a misunderstanding on her part of my instructions? Perhaps we will never know. > On Feb 15, 2021, at 08:12,

Re: podcasts on Mac

2021-02-15 Thread Dave Carlson
Brad, I presume that this cross-platform synch of apps is related to Catalina or Big Sur? Dave Carlson Woodworker, Oregonian, Pioneer, Musician, Engineer, and Farfar On Feb 15, 2021, at 5:38 AM, Brad Snyder wrote: If you have it on your iPhone using the native podcast app, I believe that shou

Re: IOS 14.4 a serious piece of garbage?

2021-02-15 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Yeah, I would say she doesn’t always do so well with English either. Whatever’s going on, I really hope Apple fixes it soon. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPad > On Feb 15, 2021, at 8:06 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > First I thought that she had issues with other languages but it seems th

Siri’s latest

2021-02-15 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
So a few minutes ago, I wanted to say something to my husband who was down in the basement. I said, “Hey Siri, intercom.” She responded by starting to list nearby restaurants. This despite the fact that it was 7:30 AM here and it’s minus 15 degrees outside. Lol Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPad

Re: IOS 14.4 a serious piece of garbage?

2021-02-15 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! First I thought that she had issues with other languages but it seems that English is a problem for her too. So i am not sure what they do at apple. Google Assistant is a really good tool. That’s the only thing I really miss from Android. /A > 15 feb. 2021 kl. 14:48 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via M

Re: IOS 14.4 a serious piece of garbage?

2021-02-15 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Oh, wow! That would be a pain. Thankfully, I don’t experience that issue, though I will say that since installing Big Sur on my Mac, the Siri charm seems to go off randomly. It doesn’t interfere with much, but it is mildly annoying. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPad > On Feb 14, 2021, at 9:35 PM

Re: podcasts on Mac

2021-02-15 Thread Brad Snyder
If you have it on your iPhone using the native podcast app, I believe that should sync with your podcast application on the Mac. - Brad - On Feb 15, 2021, at 02:27, Lorie McCloud wrote: well, I usually listen to them either on my Amazon echo or on my phone using the native podcasts app. what

Re: IOS 14.4 a serious piece of garbage?

2021-02-15 Thread João de Sousa e Silva
Hi, I have a similar issue as well. Already had to restart twice. Kind regards Às 10:05 de 15/02/2021, Anders Holmberg escreveu: Hi! I don’t know. But Siri has gone backwards a lot since it came out. /A 15 feb. 2021 kl. 04:34 skrev Eric Oyen : Well, I have a gripe with the entire 14.x serie

Re: IOS 14.4 a serious piece of garbage?

2021-02-15 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I don’t know. But Siri has gone backwards a lot since it came out. /A > 15 feb. 2021 kl. 04:34 skrev Eric Oyen : > > Well, > I have a gripe with the entire 14.x series of iOS releases. Ever since going > to 14, my phone has done the strange thing when holding down the home button: > it doub

Re: podcasts on Mac

2021-02-15 Thread Lorie McCloud
well, I usually listen to them either on my Amazon echo or on my phone using the native podcasts app. what I want to do is download one but it can wait. they're not done with the series yet. > On Feb 14, 2021, at 9:56 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > I never listen to podcast on a Mac. > I prefer us